Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-18
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XIX. CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, January II, 1887
GenafP


Mr.. Hoar. from the select Committee
on Centennial of the Constitution, re-
ported resolution that it is expedient
that the centennial anniversary of the
Inauguration of the Constitution be
celebrated in April, 1889, by an address
to be delivered before the President of
the United States and the two houses
of Congress by the CHIEF Justice of the
United States, to which representatives
of foreign Governments shall be in
vited and that the occasion be fur
ther celebrated by suitable civil or mill
tarv observances, the details thereof to
be settled hereafter. Adopted.
Mr. Edmunds called attention to a
bill introduced bY him, and referred to
the Post-Office Committee, providing
for Government postal telegraph. He
wished the committee to report 1t,
either favorably or unfayorably, so that
he might try to get the judgment Of the
Senate upon it.
Mr.. Edmunds offered a resolution
making it a standing rule that when a
report Of conference committee agree
ing with the House cOnferrees shall
have been made and be under con
sideration the first question thereon
shall be, "Shall the Senate agree to
the samc?" and that if that report be not
agreed to, or if disagreement he re-
ported, the matter shall stand in the
same way az if no conference had been
had thereon. If conference be asked
or agreed 10 by the Senate it shall be
in order to instruct the Senate con-
ferrees. Referred to the Committee
on Rules.
Forty pension bills, principally House
bills, were passed, and then the pen
sion appropriation bill (appropriating
S75, 600, O00) was taken up and passed
with only few immaterial amend
ments.
The army appropriation bill was then
taken up and passed with a few unim-
portant amendments.
Senate bill to establish agricultural
experimental stations in connection
with agricultural colleges was taken up
as unfinished business, and was dis
cussed by Messrs. Ingalls,, Vest, and
Butler
Without action on the bill or any
pending amendments, the Senate ut
$40 adjourned.
House OF Representatives..
Under the call of States a number of
bills were introduced and referred.
Among them were the following
BY Mr.. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania: APP
propriating 100000 to promote the
Colored Peoples Worlds Exhibition to
be held mt Birmingham, Ala, in Sep
tember next.
BY Mr.. Lowering, of Massachusetts,
Granting pension of S25 a month to
Walt Whitman. Mr.. Lowering stated
that Whitman had made no application
for pension, but that the bill was in
troduced at the request of number
of the poets friendshn Massachusetts,.
The House. by vote of 113 to l37,
refused 10 take up the Interstate COM
merce conference report to the eXclu-
sion of unfinished business, being
motions to suspend the rules and pass
bills on the calendar,
A letter was presented from Repre-
tentative Green, of New jersey, an
.nouncing the resignation of his seat IN
the House.
The House passed, under the suspen-
sion of the rules, by IA vote of l79 to
rs. the bill for the relief of dependent
parents and honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors who are now dis
abled and dependent upon their own
labor for support. 1t provides that in
considering the pension claims OF de
pendent parents, the fact and cause OF
death and the fact that the soldier left
no widow or minor children having
been shown as required by law, it shall
be necessary only to show that such
parents are without other present
means Of support than their own man
ual labor or contributions of Others not
legally bound for their support: pro
vided that no pension allowed under
the act shall commence prior to It's pas
sage.
Section provides for the payment
of a pension of $l2 per month to
all honorably discharged soldiers who
are now or who may become disabled
from any cause not resulting from their
own vicious habits or gross careless
ness provided that this act shall not APP
ply to persons under political disabili-
ties, or to any persons whose disability
was incurred while engaged in the mill
tary service against the United States.
Under suspension of the rules the
House concurred in the Senate amend
ments to the Mexican pension bill.